Quantifying pest control services by birds and ants in Kenyan coffee farms

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Biological Conservation

• Publication date

  2016-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2015.11.028
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